Typographical machine.



N. DODGE. TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 9, 1911.

Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

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NORMAN DODGE,

LINOTYEPE COMPANY,

OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR' T0 MEBG-ENTHALEE:

A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

Application filed August 9, 1911. Serial No. ($8,248.

' matrices are released from a magazine in the order in which their characters are to appear in print and are then assembled in line together with expanding spacers, the composed line is transferred to the face of a slotted mold, the mold is filled with molten metal to form a slug or linotype against the matrices which produces the type characters thereon, and the matrices are thereafter elevated and returned through a distributing mechanism to the magazine from which they started.

More specifically, the invention relates to the employment of a number of fonts or sets of matrices representing difierent sizes or styles of type, in such manner that any font may be brought into action, so that matter may be produced with faces represented by the matrices in any one magazine or by a combination of faces represented by the matrices in two or more magazines. In the application for Letters Patent of John R. Rogers, Serial No. 624,426, filed May 1, 1911, such an organization is illustrated and described, and it is to be noted that therein is employed a series of superposed magazines, in combination with means for shifting them to bring any selected one into operative 'position. In order to return the matrices to their respective magazines, a single distributing apparatus is provided, so that when the magazines are shifted, it is always in proper relation to the one in operative position. Because of the fact that only one distributer is employed in connection with the plurality of movable magazines, it is desirable that all of the matrices belonging to the particular font or magazine in action should berestored thereto before the magazines are shifted; and to this end the said application shows means to prevent their shifting while any matrices are in course of distribution or while matrices are protruding from the magazine. In the operation of such machines, it also frequently happens that certain matrices become separated therefrom, this occurrence arising in a variety of circumstances, such for instance as when theoperator removes one or more improperly selected or displaced matrices from the assembler, or when such matrices have fallen to the floor, or in a variety of similar ways where they have become accidentally separated from the machine proper. It has been the custom of the operator in such circumstances to lay these matrices temporarily aside and subsequently to deliver them to the distributing mechanism whereby they are returned to their proper channels. In .the machines of the type already specifically referred to, wherein a single distributer is employed in connection with a plurality of movable magazines, it is essential that such displaced matrices should be distributed at the time, and only at the time, when the appropriate magazine is in position and hence in operative relation to the distributing mechanism; and this necessity is accentuated in cases where the temporarily displaced matrices belong to more than one magazine and consequently could not be delivered simultaneously to the single distributor. There is, therefore, always danger that these detached matrices will be distributed to improper magazines unless great care is exercised by the operator. To obviate the liability to such improper distribution is the object of my present invention; and to this end I have devised means whereby the shifting of the magazines governs the return of the temporarily displaced matrices to the distributer, not only in providing a suitable receptacle for their storage, but also in rendering such receptacle available only when the corresponding magazine is located in operative relation to the distributer.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown my invention in preferred form and as applied to the particular type of machine illustrated in the Rogers application previously mentioned, but obviously many changes and variations may be made therein, and it may be similarly adapted to other types of machines, without departure from its spirit; and generally speaking, I do not limit myself to any specific form or embodiment exceptin so far as such limitations are specified in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a front view of certain parts of a linotype machine with my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a side view thereof; Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the improved box or receptacle; and. Fig. 4% is a longitudinal section thereof, taken substantially on placed or separated matrices the line H of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, the machine 1s of the generhl charcter set forth in the previously mentioned Rogers application, comprising a keyboard B, the manipulation of which causes the release of the matrices X, from the selected one of the channeled magazines D D D to and through the front plate G to the common belt C whereby in turn they are delivered to the assembler C As in the previously mentioned Rogers application, the three magazines D D D are mounted in a shift-frame D, whereby any selected one may be moved to operative position by suitable devices actuated by the hand-wheel L and handle L connected thereto. Also, as in'the said application, this shifting of the magazines brings the selected one into proper relation to the single distributing mechanism, not herein shown. As previously indicated, it is important that any displaced or separated matrices should be restored to their proper magazine before the latter is shifted to inoperative position, and similarly that disfrom different magazines should not be mixed, in order to obviate the necessity for undue care and labor on the part of the operator. To this end, I have provided the machine with matrix storage means in the form of a receptacle or box M, divided into a plurality of compartments M M M corresponding in number to the'number of magazines with which the machine is equipped. In connection with this box or receptacle I employ a movable cover N formed with an opening N corresponding in size to that'of one of the compartments M M M and I slidably connect the cover to the box in such manner that only one of the said compartments will be open to the operator at a time, and so that this one will be the particular compartment corresponding to the magazine then in operative position. For this purpose, and in my preferred form, I connect the slidable cover N, by means of its projecting lug N to one endof the pivoted lever O by a pinand-slot 0 The other end of the lever O is engaged by the vertically extending link which in turn is connectedto the angularly formed link Q, the latter being pivotally attached to the shift-frame mentioned.

Ihe operation of the parts will now be clearly understood.

When the frame D is shifted so as to bring one or another of the magazines D D D into operative position, the cover N, through the parts 0, P and Q, will be moved relatively to the box M, in such manner as to bring the opening N therein into proper registration with one or another of the compartments M M M the varying positions of these parts being indicated by full and dotted lines respectively in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. It is to be noted that each of the compartments corresponds to one of the magazines, and that this compartment, and this one alone, will be available when the corresponding magazine is in operative position. Thus, for instance, the compartment M corresponds to the magazine D and when the latter is in operative relation to the other parts, this compartment will be open, and the others will be closed. In such circumstances, the operator will store any displaced or separated matrices X from the magazine D in the compartment M and will transfer them to the distributing mechanism before shifting the magazine. In the event, however, of his failing to do this in the proper manner, the shifting of the magazine automatically closes the said compartment and thus prevents his delivering the matrices to the distributor until it be again opened. Simultaneously with the closing of one compartment, another will be opened to him corresponding to the next magazine brought into operative position, and so on throughout the series. It will be seen that in this way I provide simple and eiiicient means to prevent the distribution of such matrices to any except the proper magazine, and similarly matrices from different magazines may not be readily mixed or confused.

As previously stated, I have shown my invention in preferred form and many variations and modifications thereof will sug gest themselves to those skilled in the art without departure from its scope. Thus, the details of cover are not essential in themselves, and similarly the actuating connections are immaterial, as they could be arranged in many different ways so as to effect the movement of the cover simultaneously with the shifting of the magazines.

Having thus described construction and mode of claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows 1. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of magazines, any one of which may be brought into action at D previously my invention, its operation, what I will, with the matrix receptacle provided the matrix receptacle and its,

with a cover, the said parts being relatively movable, and means for effecting such relative movement when a selected magazine is brought into action.

2. In av typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of magazines, any one of which may be brought into action at will, with the matrix receptacle provided with a movable cover having the opening N and means for moving the cover when a selected magazine is brought into action.

3. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of magazines, any one of which may be brought into action at will, with the matrix receptacle formed with a series of compartments and provided with a movable cover having-an opening to register with one of the said compartments, and means whereby the cover is moved when a selected magazine is brought into action.

4, In a typographical machine comprising'a plurality of shiftable magazines, the matrix receptacle provided with a movable section in combination with connections to move the said section when the magazines are shifted.

5. In a typographical machine comprising a plurality of shiftabl e magazines, in combination, the matrix receptacle formed with a series of compartments and provided with a movable cover having an opening therein to register with one of the said compartments, and connections to move the cover when the magazines are shifted.

6. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of magazines, any one of which may be brought into action at will, with the matrix receptacle M formed with a plurality of compartments and provided with a cover N having the opening N and means whereby the cover is moved when a selected magazine is brought into action.

7 In a typographical machine comprising a plurality of shiftable magazines D D D in combination, the matrix receptacle M formed with a plurality of compartments M M M and provided with the cover N having the opening N and connections to move the cover when the magazines are shifted.

8. In a typographical machine, the combination of two magazines, either one of which may be brought into action at will, with two matrix storage receptacles, and means for opening one of the receptacles when its corresponding magazineis brought into action and simultaneously closing the other, and vice versa.

9. In a typographical machine comprising a plurality of shiftable magazines, the combination of a matrix storage receptacle with automatic means for opening and closing the said receptacle, the said means being controlled by the shifting of the magazines.

10. In a typographical machine comprising a plurality of shiftable magazines, each containing matrices of a different font, the combination of means for storing separated matrices in separate compartments according to font, with means whereby access may be had to any one of said compartmentsonly when the magazine containing the like font is in operative position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this 7th day of August, 1})11, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

NORMAN DODGE.

Witnesses:

JOHN R. Rocnns, FREDK. J. WARBURTON. 

